A Movement of Wholeness

BY NICOLE MIXDORF, FOUNDER & CHIEF WELLNESS OFFICER, BALANCE BY NATURE

Many people are struggling now more than ever with their health and wellness, primarily due to the mental and emotional toll of having lived through a global health pandemic, coupled with the intense responsibilities of daily life.

One thing I’ve learned over the past ten years of running an award-winning corporate wellness company is that there are many ways to heal the body.

I’ve been on a healing journey over the past decade, bringing my body back into balance after the chronic stress from my old corporate career and my dad’s cancer diagnosis made me sick. I developed bleeding ulcers that left me weak, making everything in my life feel like a struggle.

The truth is that I didn’t know how to slow down back then. I was a jet setter, hopping on planes every other week, leading and training international teams for a global firm. Eventually, this health condition interfered with my ability to function and do my job, leaving me with no option other than to take time off work.

After removing a significant source of stress from my life and focusing more on my own self-care, my symptoms disappeared! It was an awakening moment for me, as I realized that a ‘healthy lifestyle’ of exercise and nutrition wasn’t enough in the face of chronic stress.

I knew my story wasn’t unique as my colleagues and corporate clients also suffered from stress-related conditions: migraines, digestive distress, insomnia, anxiety, depression, etc. They did not even realize that stress was truly the underlying culprit causing the symptoms. We had a stress epidemic in this country and around the world, and I was inspired to do something about it.

I launched Balance by Nature in 2012 to inspire busy professionals to create sustainable balance in their lives so they can heal their bodies and thrive. It’s far too easy to get caught in the rat race of trying to get ahead while stuck in an unhealthy pattern of feeling overworked and stretched thin from the demands of corporate life and personal responsibilities.

It’s no wonder that according to a study by Deloitte, 70% of C-level executives are experiencing burnout and considering leaving their jobs for one that provides a better work-life balance. There is a need to give people the skill sets and tools to calm their nervous systems and shift their mindsets to eliminate stress, build resilience, heal from old patterns, and structure their day for optimal balance so they can feel good and do their best work.

Over the years, the bleeding ulcers would flare up on me every time I experienced intense periods of stress from my dad’s 7-year battle with cancer before losing him in 2015, just three months after the birth of my first child. It was a heartbreaking and deeply spiritual experience witnessing the entire cycle of life and death as I watched my son take his first breaths and my dad take his last.

I then went through an intense period of loss and grief as I said goodbye to four more family members in the following two years, along with three miscarriages. The health condition came back after each loss, adding new challenges to everything on my plate. I calmed down the symptoms in different ways, including western medication, diet, plant medicine, and energy healing.

Based on my experience, I knew it would be important to take a deep dive within to find meaning behind the suffering. This would enable me to release the emotional wounds and stay connected to the purpose that propelled me forward.

Wanting to inspire people to believe in themselves and heal from the inside out so they could play a bigger role in their own lives, I never let anything stop me from pursuing my dreams and finding things to smile about every day. It pushed me to actively focus on the aspects of my life that were going well rather than the pieces that were out of alignment.

Perspective is everything. I became super intentional about how I structured my day to support my needs as I simultaneously held space for healing, mothering two young kids, and running a growing business. Throughout that process, I learned that balance was the key to having it all.

After my daughter was born in 2018, I fell extremely ill from a horrible flare-up of ulcerative colitis that wouldn’t respond to traditional medications or treatments. I lost a lot of weight and was down to 105 lbs. with debilitating daily bleeding, as I simultaneously took care of a newborn baby and rambunctious 4-year-old boy while meeting with clients and expanding our footprint and impact. I walked my talk to keep things balanced as I navigated one of the most challenging times in my life.

The doctors said that I was suffering from an auto-immune condition, which meant that my immune system was attacking my body for unknown reasons, and there was no cure. The only option they had was to put me on immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of my life, which would destroy my immune system in the process. I refused to let that be my story, so I embarked on a remarkable journey to healing my body naturally, doing what doctors said was impossible.

I worked with 14 different healing modalities, including nutrition, naturopathy, acupuncture, energy healing, light healing, medical intuition, ayurvedic medicine, Chinese medicine, hyperbaric therapy, shamanic healing, reiki healing, sai shakti healing, sound healing, reconnective healing. Each modality offered its own layer of restoration, releasing toxins, recalibrating my energy centers, or uncovering the emotional wounds associated with the physical symptoms I was experiencing. It healed my soul.

Ultimately, I experienced and received a true healing miracle from a Chinese Divine Healing Master named Master Zhang, who had abilities beyond the scope of what we can understand is possible. The little Chinese woman spoke no English and had a translator, explaining each of the mind-blowing treatments she performed on me.

Knowing nothing about me or my background, she sat 6 feet away from me, held out her hand, and started scanning my body from head to toe with her eyes, revealing every health issue I had with pinpoint accuracy. When she reached my abdomen, she leaned in and said that my intestines were all red. I told her I had been bleeding for a year and a half straight.

She said that she could see a rare form of bacteria in my intestines that she doesn’t often see in this country and asked me if I had traveled to China, India, or Thailand. I told her that I had traveled all over the world, so she asked if I had ever gotten sick while traveling. Interestingly, the first flare-up I ever had of ulcerative colitis was three weeks after returning from our honeymoon in the Maldives islands off the coast of India. Coincidence? I think not.

Next, she read a layer of my aura and told me about my spirit guides that appear to her in the form of animals. Then she read another layer of my aura and told me that there were five entities stuck in my energy field. These were the spirits of family members who passed away and got stuck on their spiritual journey.

They are in the yin energy in the spirit realm, and we are in the yang energy of the physical realm, and the yin and yang energies are incompatible. Their presence in my energy field was preventing my healing. She would give me detailed instructions to do a fire ceremony at home to release them to go wherever they are meant to be.

Finally, she did the most miraculous thing of all, which was called “catching medicine from the air,” in which she materialized Chinese medicine from thin air to heal me. I watched in amazement as she held her bare hands and arms up and began praying to the Medicine Buddha to give her the medicine I needed.

She prayed and prayed with her arms raised. Then she rubbed her thumb and index fingers together furiously as she continued praying. Eventually, she had me hold out my cupped hands underneath hers, and I watched in amazement as her fingertips swelled up and bright yellow clumpy powder fell from her fingertips into the palms of my hands.

I stared dumbfounded at the powder in my hands, hardly believing what I had just witnessed! She guided me to breathe the medicine in, which had the most beautiful aroma I had ever smelled in my life! It was like the freshest flower or herb, absolutely intoxicating. I had never smelled something so fresh or beautiful in my whole life — clearly, this was nothing that had been sitting around in a jar.

After giving me the materials I needed for the fire ceremony, she sent me on my way, never even touching me the entire time. Within three days of seeing her, 70% of my symptoms were gone, and after doing the fire ceremony a week later, all my symptoms were gone. It was an absolute miracle! After 547 days of bleeding every day, I was healed! She gave me my life back, and I am forever grateful.

My healing journey changed me profoundly as I discovered many ways to heal the body. Throughout my experiences, I was inspired to integrate more and more healing modalities into our corporate wellness programming, as I wanted to introduce these healing practices to the masses.

The traditional western approach to healthcare is limited to surgery and medication, rarely addressing the root cause of the dis-ease within the body behind the symptoms. Offering busy professionals access to these modalities transcends symptom management into true healing, taking our programming beyond wellness and well-being into wholeness.

Wholeness is achieved when we successfully balance all areas of our lives, allowing us to feel whole, complete, and at peace with ourselves. My mission is to create a movement of wholeness where we inspire people to become the best versions of themselves as they bring their lives into balance.

Mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic healing are critical components of physical healing. Our new Balance by Nature app incorporates all of them to provide a whole, well-rounded experience.

If you are ready to find balance and heal from within, I invite you to download our app and get started on one of our self-development or healing journeys. You’ll be supported by a daily schedule of live-streamed holistic healing events (meditation, somatic healing, reiki, EFT tapping, etc.) and a library of on-demand fitness and nutrition classes.

You’ll also join a wholeness community of peers where you can share stories and cheer each other on as you achieve your health, happiness, stress, and energy goals. Our health is our true wealth, and it’s up to us to reclaim it and live our best lives.

About the author:

Nicole Mixdorf is a #1 International Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and the Chief Wellness Officer of Balance by Nature. She was awarded the Top 100 Healthcare Leader in the World 2020-2021, Most Influential Woman in Corporate Wellness Services USA 20202023, and a Top 10 Successful Business Leader Revamping the Future 2021.

She is a prolific speaker, master teacher, and healer, delivering over 30 masterclasses on inspirational personal development topics. Nicole’s passion, wisdom, and enthusiasm draw her audiences in to uncover deep truths about themselves so they can live their best lives. Her unique brilliance lies in her ability to instantly put people at ease and uplift the energy of everyone around her. She is passionate about teaching busy professionals how to create balance in their lives so they can thrive.